Twelve more deaths were reported from dengue in the past 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 646 this year.
During the period, 2,823 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Of the new patients, 1,005 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside the capital, the DGHS said.
A total of 9,069 dengue patients, including, 4,052 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
So far, the DGHS has recorded 1,33,134 dengue cases and 123,419 recoveries this year.
The month of August has been the deadliest month of the outbreak this year with 71,976 cases and 342 fatalities.
The country logged 281 dengue deaths and 62,382 cases in 2022, while 179 deaths were recorded in 2019.
